4. Carry Your Suit Without a Suit Carrier

Burberry Suit Carrier

If you’re traveling with your suit, it’s always a good idea to carry your suit with a suit carrier. It provides protection and preserves the shape of the suit much better than transporting it insider your check-in luggage folded.

(Some garment bags can double as a suit carrier, but that depends on their build and quality.)

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5. Fold It Improperly

If you have to carry your suit inside the luggage bag, fold it properly so it won’t ruin the shape of the suit down the road.

There are so many ways to fold a suit properly, but all bowl down to 2 main methods: “Fold” and “Roll.”

Mr Jacky Tam from British Tailors, Hong Kong shows you how to “fold” properly:

Blog maven John Chow shows you how to “roll”:

6. Wearing the Same Suit Everyday

Various suit styles. Image: wardrobelooks.com

Similar to your leather shoes, wearing the same suit everyday naturally shorten the lifespan of the suit. Get a few more sets of suits and alternate between them.

7. Keep Suit Jacket Buttoned When Sitting Down

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If you’re wearing a single-breasted suit jacket, unbutton your suit jacket when you’re sitting down. Otherwise, your sitting pose puts pressure onto the last button of your suit jacket, which in turn “pull” and stretch the jacket. (Cue the picture above.) It may ruin the shape of the jacket in the long run.